Samantha Collins has lost everything she ever wanted. Now, with her life in shambles, can she make a future for herself and satisfy her aunt’s final request?
The Blue Dragon is a modern historical romance, set in 2006.
Gravely wounded in Afghanistan, Samantha Collins returns to Canada to discover a previously unknown relative has died and made her heir to the family estate. The bequest consists of a century-old farmhouse, the land surrounding it, and a chubby, independent orange tabby with a mind of his own.
Alone, having given up on love, marriage, and children, facing a grim future, Sam opts to move into the house until she decides what to do with it, but when she opens the door, she gets more than she bargained for. Nobody mentioned Great-aunt Esther was a hoarder.
Following his divorce, Phil Austin returns to South Creek. An architect who prefers restoring old buildings to designing new ones, he’s intrigued to learn one of the area’s century-old houses may be for sale Picturing the house converted to an inn, Phil knocks on the door, but he gets more than he expected. The new owner is the woman he loved and lost fifteen years ago.
Stunned to find the only man she ever loved on her doorstep, Sam is carried away by his ideas for the house. Torn between hope and despair, she agrees to his business proposal. As they renew their friendship and sift through the trash and treasures Esther Cohen left behind, looking for the mysterious Blue Dragon she mentioned in her letter, Sam begins to think that her future may not be so grim after all. Can she find the courage to open her heart once more?
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
The Blue Dragon is a modern historical romance, set in 2006.
Gravely wounded in Afghanistan, Samantha Collins returns to Canada to discover a previously unknown relative has died and made her heir to the family estate. The bequest consists of a century-old farmhouse, the land surrounding it, and a chubby, independent orange tabby with a mind of his own.
Alone, having given up on love, marriage, and children, facing a grim future, Sam opts to move into the house until she decides what to do with it, but when she opens the door, she gets more than she bargained for. Nobody mentioned Great-aunt Esther was a hoarder.
Following his divorce, Phil Austin returns to South Creek. An architect who prefers restoring old buildings to designing new ones, he’s intrigued to learn one of the area’s century-old houses may be for sale Picturing the house converted to an inn, Phil knocks on the door, but he gets more than he expected. The new owner is the woman he loved and lost fifteen years ago.
Stunned to find the only man she ever loved on her doorstep, Sam is carried away by his ideas for the house. Torn between hope and despair, she agrees to his business proposal. As they renew their friendship and sift through the trash and treasures Esther Cohen left behind, looking for the mysterious Blue Dragon she mentioned in her letter, Sam begins to think that her future may not be so grim after all. Can she find the courage to open her heart once more?
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
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